BASSETERRE, St. Kitts - SKNVibes wishes to extend a sincere welcome to the large number of Caribbean dignitaries who will grace our shores from Thursday June 30 to attend the Thirty-Second Regular Meeting of Caribbean Heads of Government.
They include the Prime Ministers and Presidents of our Caricom Family:
Prime Ministers of Antigua and Barbuda - the Hon. Baldwin Spencer, Barbados - the Hon. Freundel Stuart, Bahamas - The Right Hon. Hubert Ingraham, Belize - the Hon. Dean Barrow, Dominica - Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit, Grenada - the Hon. Tillman Thomas , The President of Guyana - His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo, The President of Haiti - His Excellency Michel Martelly, Jamaica - Hon. Bruce Golding, Chief Minister of Montserrat - Hon. Reuben Meade, St. Lucia - Hon. Stephenson King, (St. Kitts and Nevis - Honourable Dr. Denzil L. Douglas – at home) , St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Dr. the Hon. Ralph Gonsalves; Suriname - His Excellency Desi Bouterse, Trinidad and Tobago - Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar.
We also welcome the Heads of Government of the Associate Members:
The Hon. Hubert Hughes, Chief Minister of Anguilla; The Hon. William McKeeva Bush, Premier of the Cayman Islands; the representative of The Hon. Ralph T. O'Neal, Premier of the British Virgin Islands
We welcome as well St. Maarten’s First Prime Minister, the Hon. Sarah Wescott-Williams, Bermuda’s new Premier, the Hon. Paula Cox.
An additional welcome is extended to the many ambassadors, dignitaries and members of the diplomatic corps:
The President of Colombia, His Excellency Juan Manuel Santos, and his delegation;
Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, His Excellency, Bruno Rodriquez and the the Cuban delegation;
Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, Secretary-General (Ag.), Caribbean Community (Caricom),
OAS Secretary General, His Excellency Jose Miguel Insulza and his Special Adviser, Mr. Paul Spencer;
Assistant Secretary General of the Organsiation of American States (OAS), His Excellency Albert Ramdin and his Special Adviser, Miss Shelly Dass
Chile’s Ambassador, His Excellency Patricio Pradel;
Finland’s Ambassador His Excellency Mikko Pyhala;
European Union Ambassador, His Excellency, Geert Heikens;
British High Commissioner, His Excellency Paul Brummell;
Australia’s High Commissioner, His Excellency Mr. Phillip Kentwell and Mrs. Kentwell and
India’s High Commissioner His Excellency Subit Mandal
The Most Honourable Percival J. Patterson, former Prime Minister of Jamaica and CARICOM’s Special Representative to Haiti
OECS Secretary General, Her Excellency Dr. Len Ishmael;
President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr. Warren Smith;
Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies, Professor Nigel Harris;
Secretary General of the Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL), Sen. The Hon. Chester Humphrey;
Former Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) His Excellency Sir Edwin Carrington
Outgoing President of the Caribbean Court of Justice, the Right Honourable Mr. Justice Michael De La Bastide and the incoming President, Sir Dennis Byron.
To all delegation members, administrative assistants, reporters and other media personnel, we hope that your time with us will be worthwhile and well spent.
